LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• Lehigh University - MPA (1993)

• Pennsylvania State University - BA, international politics (1982)

• William Allen High School (Allentown, Pa.) - Diploma

Office History

Election Results

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania
  Charles Wieder Dent (Charlie), 58.34%

  Republican
  Richard D. Daugherty (Rick), 37.99%

  Democrat
  Paul Rizzo, 3.59%

  Libertarian

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania
  Charles Wieder Dent (Charlie), 100.00%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania
  Charles Wieder Dent (Charlie), 56.75%

  Republican
  Richard D. Daugherty (Rick), 43.25%

  Democrat

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania
  Charles Wieder Dent (Charlie), 53.55%

  Republican
  John B. Callahan, 39.00%

  Democrat
  Jake Towne, 7.45%

  Undetermined

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania
  Charles Wieder Dent (Charlie), 58.57%

  Republican
  Sam Bennett, 41.43%

  Democrat

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania
  Charles Wieder Dent (Charlie), 53.57%

  Republican
  Charles Dertinger, 43.49%

  Democrat
  Greta Browne, 2.93%

  Green

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania
  Charles Wieder Dent (Charlie), 58.61%

  Republican
  Joe Driscoll, 39.38%

  Democrat
  Richard J Piotrowski, 1.26%

  Libertarian

Employment History

• Aspen Institute (Jan. 2021-)

  Executive Director/Vice President, Congressional Program

• DLA Piper LLP (US) (May 2018-)

  Senior Policy Adviser

• CNN (May 2018-)

  Political Commentator

Associated Organizations

• Charlie Dent for Congress (Pennsylvania)

• DENT PAC

• Ben Franklin Technology Partners (-2004)

Awards

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Porker of the Month (Citizens Against Government Waste) (Oct. 2016)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Polio Eradication Champion Award (Rotary Foundation) (May 13, 2015)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• 
  Email, work:
  charlie.dent@aspeninstitute.org
• 
  Email, work:
  charlie.dent@dlapiper.com

Washington, D.C. Office
Washington, District of Columbia
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Lobbying and Foreign Representation

Listed as lobbyist by registrants:

• DLA Piper LLP (US) (2019-2020)

Lobbied on behalf of:

• AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania
• Analytical Graphics Inc.
• Association of Banks in Lebanon
• Atlantic Coast Conference
• B. Braun Medical Inc.
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Privately Financed Travel

20 trips taken between 2005 - 2018 costing $180,729

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 3/23/2013-3/29/2013: Ground transportation in Berlin and Munich from Germany

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Ex-Rep. Jim Greenwood registers as first-time lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 29, 2021
  A former congressman has finally passed through the revolving door after 16 years in the private sector. read more

• Ex-Sen. Saxby Chambliss lobbying for SolarWinds

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 21, 2021
  The SolarWinds cyber-attack has made a first-time lobbyist out of retired Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.). read more

• Health-care lobbyist heads to the Senate

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 13, 2019
  Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) has added a health-care lobbyist to his team. read more

• DLA Piper snags chief of staff to ex-Rep. Dent

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 7, 2018
  Another former aide to retired Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) has made his way to the policy world. read more

• Cardinal Health adds ex-House legislative director

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 26, 2018
  Cardinal Health has added a House legislative director to its government relations team, just as the Fortune 500 company finds itself steeped in controversy over its alleged contributions to the opioid epidemic. read more

• Utility contractors group snags House aide

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 23, 2018
  Days after Rep. Charlie Dent's (R-Pa.) resignation from Congress, a longtime aide to the congressman has made his way to the National Utility Contractors Association. read more

• Members' families say "guten Tag" to Berlin

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 28, 2017
  When members of Congress visited Berlin this month to discuss policy issues, their familes members traveled along with them - for free. read more

• Staffer-turned-lobbyist-turned-staffer is back to lobbying

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Oct. 23, 2015
  The Congressional Record is a fixture on Capitol Hill, but if Patrick Velliky keeps going through the revolving door at this pace, he may end up with his own congressional record. read more

• Congress tweets the Pope's D.C. visit

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Sept. 25, 2015
  Pope Francis' three-day visit to the nation's capital brought out the best of Congress, and it was well-reflected in their tweets. read more

• Congress circles the globe on private dime in 2014

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Feb. 2, 2015
  Congressional staff and their bosses spent weeks off Capitol Hill in 2014 flying around the world on nearly 2,000 privately sponsored trips. read more

• Posted by Chip Slawson on July 10, 2013
  For Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), the recent departure of one senior staff member allowed him to bring aboard that staffer's husband. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Oct. 24, 2012
  Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)'s former communications director made a concrete decision to leave Congress and join a group with the cement lobby this month. read more

• One month left for 41 representatives to file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on July 19, 2012
  The personal financial disclosures of members of Congress continue to trickle in two months after the initial deadline. read more

• More member financial disclosures added

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 18, 2012
  LegiStorm today added the financial disclsoures of twelve more House of Representatives members who filed annual financial disclosures since the initial batch was released by the House last week. read more

• 92 members of Congress did not file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 14, 2012
   The filings of 17 senators and 75 representatives were not available when the personal financial dislcosures were released Thursday. read more

• Nearly 50 members have yet to file financial disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 19, 2011
  Half of the members of Congress who received extensions to file their personal financial disclosures at the May deadline have since filed, leaving nearly 50 lawmakers who have yet to file. read more

• Many lawmakers granted financial disclosure extensions

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 15, 2011
  Twenty senators and 75 representatives requested an extension of the May deadline and did not have a 2011 personal financial disclosures in today's release. read more